The concept of \textit{given} in Greek mathematics

DOI10.1007/s00407-018-0211-5zbMath1397.01006OpenAlexW2808030415MaRDI QIDQ2413527

Nathan Sidoli

Publication date: 14 September 2018

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-018-0211-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

Related Items (3)

Operationalism: an interpretation of the philosophy of ancient Greek geometry ⋮ Between music and geometry: a proposal for the early intended application of Euclid’s Elements Book X ⋮ Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī's comments on Euclid's \textit{Data}

Cites Work

• Practicing algebra in Late Antiquity: the problem-solving of Diophantus of Alexandria
• The language of the ``Givens: its forms and its use as a deductive tool in Greek mathematics
• The function of diorism in ancient Greek analysis
• Thābit ibn Qurra. Science and philosophy in ninth-century Baghdad. Papers from the international conference marking the eleven hundredth anniversary of the death of Thābit ibn Qurra, London, UK, November 2--3, 2001
• Completing Diophantus, De polygonis numeris, prop. 5
• Apollonius of Perga, Cutting lines according to ratios. Historical and mathematical commentary, edition and translation of the Arabian text by Roshdi Rashed and Hélène Bellosta. With a preface by Rashed
• Galen on the astronomers and astrologers
• The method of analysis. Its geometrical origin and its general significance
• On the use of the term diastēma in ancient Greek constructions.
• In defence of geometrical algebra
• Angles and size. From Euclid to Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī
• On dating Hero of Alexandria
• The way of Diophantus: some clarifications on Diophantus' method of solution
• Mathematical tables in Ptolemy's \textit{Almagest}
• Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item
• Unnamed Item

This page was built for publication: The concept of \textit{given} in Greek mathematics